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Space Tourism

What do you mean by space tourism?

Space tourism is another niche segment of the aviation industry that seeks to give tourists the ability to become astronauts and experience space travel for recreational, leisure, or business purposes.

Space tourism is a journey into outer space for recreation, leisure and business. Several space tourism companies have emerged recently, such as Virgin Galactic. The company hopes to advance the space tourism industry. can Currently, the opportunities for space tourism in Earth orbit are limited and expensive, for example, only the Russian Space Agency offers tourists.

Space travel adventures use this service to the International Space Station aboard the Russian Space Agency’s Shoyu spacecraft. The price is set at 20 – 40 million US dollars per person. (Prices between 2001-2009) Some travelers sign contracts with companies or third parties that encourage tourists to conduct research activities for companies in space.

Russia ended its tourist service in 2010 because the International Space Station increased the number of astronauts serving as expedition crews using quotas Russia had previously sold to space tourists. Russia currently has a project to increase Soyuz flights from three per year to five per year from around 2013, so it can serve tourists again.

Each organization is called Space tourism (Tourism) is not the same, such as the Commercial Spaceflight Federation called “personal spaceflight” (citizens) in the space program called “personal spaceflight”. “Citizen space exploration”

As of September 2012, many travel companies have reduced prices on space tours both in sub-Earth orbit. with the level of orbit around the earth (Up to the International Space Station) with different durations. with convenient facilities for different tourists

The background of space tourism in fiction

After the success of the tons of humans in outer space. Many have seen extensive space exploration as a necessity and inevitability. because space is vast At the same time, humans are more knowledgeable in science and technology. In the past, many science fiction writers have dreamed of leaving memories.

The fascination and imagination of space is embodied in novels such as Lucian of Samosata, a 2nd century Syrian writer, True History/ or True Story tells the story of several male sailors who sailed to explore the world. Then a storm swept their ship to the moon. Jules Verne, a French novelist, wrote a science fiction novel. Under the topic about the moon is From the Earth to the Moon (From the Earth to the Moon), printed in AD. 1870 in French (First published in English in 1873) describes the adventures of three astronauts in an artillery ship.

which shoots bullets towards the moon It would take five days to travel just a few minutes after leaving the muzzle of the cannon, a very bright asteroid flew past them at a very close distance but did not hit it. This asteroid was pulled as a satellite to become the world’s second moon. The three astronauts continued their adventures. Along the way, many incidents happened. For example, dropping the carcass of a dead dog out the window of a ship.

Sickness from poison gas and a short calculation led them to return to Earth. It was later discovered that the asteroid’s gravity had deflected their journey. In other words, they put them in orbit around the moon instead of landing on the moon as intended. when it was known that it was orbiting around the moon They began to survey the geography of the lunar surface using binoculars. And then the spacecraft took them up to the northern hemisphere of the moon and into the dark, very cold. before coming out into the light again and continuing to move over the southern hemisphere of the moon .T

hey are above the crane at the beautiful cattle. and began to debate the possibility of life on the moon. and concluded that the moon was dry Later it appears that their spacecraft has moved to a certain equilibrium point between the Earth and the moon, causing 1 in 3 people to have the idea of ​​using a rocket to launch the craft from this point to the moon. But an error occurred because the spacecraft ran towards Earth. and fall into the ocean at the same speed as leaving the earth.

At that moment, a US warship noticed a meteor shining from the sky into the sea and discovered that it was the ship of the three surviving adventurers, all three of them rescued. It was welcomed with great enthusiasm as the first person to travel to outer space. and began to debate the possibility of life on the moon. and concluded that the moon was dry.

Later it appears that their spacecraft has moved to a certain equilibrium point between the Earth and the moon, causing 1 in 3 people to have the idea of ​​using a rocket to launch the craft from this point to the moon. But an error occurred because the spacecraft ran towards Earth. and fall into the ocean at the same speed as leaving the earth.

At that moment, a US warship noticed a meteor shining from the sky into the sea and discovered that it was the ship of the three surviving adventurers, all three of them rescued. It was welcomed with great enthusiasm as the first person to travel to outer space. and began to debate the possibility of life on the moon. and concluded that the moon was dry Later it appears that their spacecraft has moved to a certain equilibrium point between the Earth and the moon, causing 1 in 3 people to have the idea of ​​using a rocket to launch the craft from this point to the moon.

But an error occurred because the spacecraft ran towards Earth. and fall into the ocean at the same speed as leaving the earth. At that moment, a US warship noticed a meteor shining from the sky into the sea and discovered that it was the ship of the three surviving adventurers, all three of them rescued. It was welcomed with great enthusiasm as the first person to travel to outer space. and fall into the ocean at the same speed as leaving the earth.

At that moment, a US warship noticed a meteor shining from the sky into the sea and discovered that it was the ship of the three surviving adventurers, all three of them rescued. It was welcomed with great enthusiasm as the first person to travel to outer space. and fall into the ocean at the same speed as leaving the earth. At that moment, a US warship noticed a meteor shining from the sky into the sea and discovered that it was the ship of the three surviving adventurers, all three of them rescued. It was welcomed with great enthusiasm as the first person to travel to outer space.

Another well-known 20th-century science fiction writer, Sir Arthur C. Clarke: 1917-2008, was an Englishman but settled in the Sri Lanka have written a story “Hell Under the Sea of ​​Dust” (A Fall of Moondust), published in English in AD 1961, which outlines the story that in the 21st century, after humans settled on the moon, there were tourists on lunar adventures. One of the major selling points of tourism is cruising on the moon Especially the Sea of ​​Thirst is not really on the moon, only in this novel. Which is within the Bay of Dew (Sinus Roris) is considered in the wrong place because the bay is usually within the sea as part of the sea. The sea of ​​thirst was filled with dust that was as fine as drier dust than the desert dust on earth.

It is a dust that almost flows like a current. Instead, the tiny lumps of clay, known as regolith, cover most of the moon’s surface. The tour operator has a boat called Selini, specially designed to run on the lunar dust similar to the movement of a jet ski on water. On one adventure, a strong earthquake on the moon caused the land to collapse. As Selini sails The ship sank about 15 meters below the surface of the dust. As a result, the ship vanished, causing problems that could immediately lead to the death of passengers and crew. Because the Chelyini had limited breathing air, there was no way to cool it.

The communication system is not working. No one knew exactly where the Selene ship was. low time The temperature inside the ship rose, the air became toxic, unable to breathe. With the help of a retired passenger, the captain and crew try to ease the concerns of passengers as they await assistance. But at first he didn’t show up. Just then, a mad astronomer observed the moon from a satellite located at point 12 of the Earth and Moon system, convinced him that he had found traces of high temperatures on the surface of the moon. to the rescue of those in the Selene ship at last.

No one knew exactly where the Selene ship was. low time The temperature inside the ship rose, the air became toxic, unable to breathe. With the help of a retired passenger, the captain and crew try to ease the concerns of passengers as they await assistance. But at first he didn’t show up. Just then, a mad astronomer observed the moon from a satellite located at point 12 of the Earth and Moon system, convinced him that he had found traces of high temperatures on the surface of the moon. to the rescue of those in the Selene ship at last. No one knew exactly where the Selene ship was low time.

The temperature inside the ship rose, the air became toxic, unable to breathe. With the help of a retired passenger, the captain and crew try to ease the concerns of passengers as they await assistance. But at first he didn’t show up. Just then, a mad astronomer observed the moon from a satellite located at point 12 of the Earth and Moon system, convinced him that he had found traces of high temperatures on the surface of the moon. to the rescue of those in the Selene ship at last.

Another story Sir Arthur C. Clarke wrote about the Moon was The Universe 2001 (2001: A Space Odyssey), with an outline that believed that A high-tech alien carved a large, rectangular black stone. with a ratio of Thickness : Width : Height as 1:4:9 or 1 2 :2 2 :3 2That is, this rod was 1/4 of the width and 1/9 of the height, and was buried 15 meters below the surface in the moon’s cattle crater. Three million years ago, this black rock was an object.

That causes disturbances in the magnetic field of the moon in the area of ​​the Crater, so called TMA-1 (Tycho Magnetic Anomaly One) refers to the magnetic anomaly in the rocky area of ​​Tycho. Piece 1: Scientists have discovered TMA-1. at night when the sun rises at dawn on the moon It appears that sunlight causes TMA-1. send radio waves to iaptus Saturn’s third largest moon, where explorers later traveled to iaptus and found a large black rock on ieptus. It is a rock with the same proportions as TMA-1. Hence it was given the name MA-2.

There are also sci-fi writers who talk about the moon as a colony. With living underground, such as Robert A. Heinlein (Robert A. Heinlein) wrote “The Menace from Earth” in 1957, it is the first story to lead the story of Space travel is also included in the novel.

Space tourism fiction is born from the knowledge and imagination of the author. The knowledge of the humans of the past may be less than the knowledge of the humans of the present. But there is a wide variety of ideas and imaginations that have no boundaries. Man’s dream of landing on the moon has been around for a long time and was achieved 45 years ago by American astronauts in the Apollo program.

in the real world Such success was made possible by advances in rocket technology. The Soviet Union, Russia, developed a rocket with high propulsion power before the United States. The world’s first satellite, Sputnik-1, was launched on October 4, 1957, and the United States followed closely by the launch of Explorer 1. orbiting the Earth on February 1, 1958. The race for an extraterrestrial race between the two space powers has been intense throughout the time since the first satellite went into space. April 12, 1961 The Soviet Union of Russia advanced beyond its competitors by sending the first astronaut Yuri Gagarin to orbit the Earth. make usa President John F Kennedy announced on September 12, 1962.

“We can choose to go to the moon this decade. And do other things too, not because it’s easy, but because it’s hard to do…” The United States defeated the Soviet Union, Russia. With the successful landing of the Apollo 1 spacecraft on the moon on July 20, 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped down the stairs of the spacecraft. The name of the lunar eagle set foot on the lunar surface with the first footprints with the saying: “This is one short human step on the moon. But it’s a very long leap for humanity..(in space exploration).”

The second astronaut to land on the moon was Edwin Aldrin, while Michael Collins was in the lunar orbital service. To wait for Armstrong and Aldrin to rise from the moon by the top of the Eagle spacecraft. When the lunar rock-soil with itself is already in the command service craft. The top of the Eagle spacecraft was then pushed back down to hit the moon’s surface. And the three astronauts launched a command service craft to escape from orbit around the moon. heading back to earth before entering.

The Pacific Ocean The service craft was separated and burned in the Earth’s atmosphere. It remains only the command craft that allows the three astronauts to touch the ocean floor safely by slowing down with a parachute. with help from a warship waiting nearby

Another US astronaut landed on the moon in Apollo 12, Apollo 14, Apollo 15, Apollo 16 and Apollo 17. The Russian Chovies Union did not send humans to the moon. moon Soviet Russian astronauts or Cosmonots out of the world as far as space station mir which orbits around the world The space station has now crashed to Earth. The existing space station is International Space Station or ISS (ISS : International Space Station)

The astronauts who go into space are not astronauts. Instead, it’s paid for by organizations or governments to perform various functions. Space tourists who have to buy tickets to space begin with Dennis Tito, an American who paid $20 million to get on the station. international space Between April 28 and May 6, 2001, after that, there were many more space tourists visiting the International Space Station. The latest at Space Adventures. announced on October 10, 2012 that it would be aboard the International Space Station ISS. Between September and October 2015, it was Sarah Brightman, Englishman.

In the 1960s and 1970s, there was a common belief that a space hotel would be sent to outer space. In the 2000s, mid-20th century futurists dreamed of a family. Intermediate-level humans in the early 21st century would be able to go on vacation to the moon. In the 1960s, Pan Am made a waiting list for future moon flights by issuing membership cards. free to requesting member of “First Flight to the Moon Association”

But after the lunar landing of the United States astronauts, the space race was reduced. As a result, human air travel receives less public budget support.

This article is part of NSTDA Magazine.